A Crisis of Innocence

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Crime and Punishment #1, pg. 4.jpg
Reader's forum page with a running theme of criminals revealing that reading Crime Does Not Pay showed them the error of their ways.

No Harm in Horror crop 1.jpg
William Gaines is interviewed about whether or not he feels as though his horror comics are influencing children to become violent criminals.

Lethbridge Herald December 7 1949 crop.jpg
Looks at the way tougher laws about the production and distribution of comics has caused for distributors to turn their attention to obscene pocket books.

Winnipeg Free Press December 2 1949 crop.jpg
Letter that was presumably sent in by a young adult. Mann questions the validity of censoring crime comic books, given that many believe that juvenile delinquency is more likely linked to upbringing.

Juvenile Delinquency Editor.pdf
A letter from a child to the editor of The Washington Post. The child condemns adults for being delinquents themselves.
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